Ewa Łętowska

Years ago, Jerzy Starościak, a professor of administrative law, opened one of his books with the statement: “thick books on narrow issues are gone.” This was not true then, and is still not true today. Thick, analytical books will always be needed; enabling lawyers to develop their skills. Nonetheless, it is true that “thick books” have lost their monopoly in the legal discourse, as the discourse itself and its participants have changed.

We hope that our internet site – on private law in Poland – is the start of something big ahead. So why now, why about civil law, and why in English?

The contemporary legal discourse does not need only “thick books”, but requires also more flexible ways of informing about legal concerns – like blogs and internet websites. They alter the paradigm of exchanging legal information, departing from the traditional, solely analytic discourse, into more diverse ways, responding to newly-arising needs. Read more

Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Law, Jagiellonian University, and a legal counsel in Cracow Chamber of Legal Counsel. In 2010 he earned a degree in law from UMCS in Lublin and in 2011 he earned a licentiate in canon law from KUL in Lublin. In 2011 he also graduated from UMCS with a degree in computer science. He prepares a doctoral dissertation on copyrights protection for computer programs’ source code.

Mateusz Grochowski

Ph.D., assistant professor in the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and in the Institute of Justice, assistant in the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Poland, holder of scholarships of the Foundation for Polish Science and of the of National Science Centre, visiting scholar at the Università degli Studi di Trento. In his research focuses on regulatory problems of contract law.

Piotr Jantos

Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Law, Jagiellonian University, and a legal counsel. In 2010 he earned a degree in law from UMCS in Lublin and in 2011 he earned a licentiate in canon law from KUL in Lublin. In 2011 he also finished postgraduate studies in EU law at the Jagiellonian University. He prepares a dissertation on the exhaustion doctrine applied to computer software distribution in the European Union law.